adjacent cells

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• Grid cells — A grid cell is a type of neuron found in the entorhinal cortex (EC) that fires strongly when an animal is in specific locations in an environment. Grid cells were discovered in 2005 and it is hypothesized that a network of these cells constitute… …   Wikipedia

• phalangeal cells — rows of supporting cells between the sensory hair cells of the organ of Corti (see cochlea). * * * elongated supporting cells of the organ of Corti with bases that rest on the basilar membrane adjacent to the pillar cells. Inner phalangeal cells… …   Medical dictionary

• interdigitating cells — antigen presenting cells found in the thymus dependent (parafollicular) areas of the deep cortex of lymph nodes and spleen, having numerous surface processes that interdigitate with adjacent lymphocytes; the surface of these cells contains an Ia… …   Medical dictionary

• Schwann cells — the cells that lay down the myelin sheath around the axon of a medullated nerve fibre. Each cell is responsible for one length of axon, around which it twists as it grows, so that concentric layers of membrane envelop the axon. The gap between… …   Medical dictionary

• Hensen cells — tall supporting cells arranged in rows adjacent to the last row of outer phalangeal cells, constituting the outer border of the organ of Corti …   Medical dictionary

• Schwann cells — the cells that lay down the myelin sheath around the axon of a medullated nerve fibre. Each cell is responsible for one length of axon, around which it twists as it grows, so that concentric layers of membrane envelop the axon. The gap between… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• basket cells — Cerebellar neurons with many small dendritic branches that enclose the cell bodies of adjacent Purkinje cells in a basket like array …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• hilum cells — groups of large epithelioid cells closely associated with vascular spaces and unmyelinated nerve fibers in the hilum of the ovary and the adjacent mesovarium …   Medical dictionary

• podocytes — Cells of the visceral epithelium that closely invest the network of glomerular capillaries in the kidney. Most of the cell body is not in contact with the basal lamina, but is separated from it by trabeculae that branch to give rise to club… …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• cell — cell1 cell like, adj. /sel/, n. 1. a small room, as in a convent or prison. 2. any of various small compartments or bounded areas forming part of a whole. 3. a small group acting as a unit within a larger organization: a local cell of the… …   Universalium

• angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction       any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) …   Universalium